# wayshot

**Repository Path**: mirrors_jirutka/wayshot

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: wayshot
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-2-Clause
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-04-11
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-31

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

<p align=center>
  <img src="https://git.sr.ht/~shinyzenith/wayshot/blob/main/docs/assets/wayshot.png" alt=wayshot width=60%>
  <p align=center>A native screenshot tool for wlroots based compositors such as sway and river written in Rust. X11 support coming soon. </p>
  
  <p align="center">
  <a href="./LICENSE.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/waycrate/wayshot?style=flat-square&logo=appveyor"></a>
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/cargo-v1.1.5-green?style=flat-square&logo=appveyor">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/waycrate/wayshot?style=flat-square&logo=appveyor">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/forks/waycrate/wayshot?style=flat-square&logo=appveyor">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/waycrate/wayshot?style=flat-square&logo=appveyor">
  </p>
</p>

# Usage:

Region Selection:

```bash
wayshot -s "$(slurp -f '%x %y %w %h')"
```

Fullscreen:

```bash
wayshot
```

Custom file path:

```bash
wayshot -f ../screenshot.png --extension jpg
```

Screenshot and copy to clipboard:

```bash
wayshot --stdout | wl-copy
```

Pick a hex color code, using ImageMagick:

```bash
wayshot -s "$(slurp -p -f '%x %y %w %h')" --stdout | convert - -format '%[pixel:p{0,0}]' txt:-|egrep "#([A-Fa-f0-9]{6}|[A-Fa-f0-9]{3})" -o
```

Pick a color, using ImageMagick:

```bash
wayshot -s "$(slurp -p -f '%x %y %w %h')" --stdout | convert - -format '%[pixel:p{0,0}]' txt:-
```
# Known bugs:

Multi monitor systems break on `--slurp` usage. This is quite the tricky bug and will need some refactoring which we're currently working on. (https://github.com/waycrate/wayshot/issues/7)

# Installation

## AUR:
`wayshot-git` & `wayshot-bin` have been packaged.

## OpenSuse Tumbleweed:
As root:
```bash
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:Wayland/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/X11:Wayland.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install wayshot
```

## Compile time dependencies:
-   rustup
-   make

## Compiling:
-   `git clone https://github.com/waycrate/wayshot && cd wayshot`
-   `make setup`
-   `make`
-   `sudo make install`

# Support:

1) https://matrix.to/#/#waycrate-tools:matrix.org
2) https://discord.gg/KKZRDYrRYW

# Smithay Developers:

Massive thanks to smithay developer <a href="https://github.com/cmeissl">Cmeissl</a> and <a href="https://github.com/vberger">Victor Berger</a>. Without them this project won't be possible as my wayland knowledge is limited.